easiest way to fill manual tranny
 

what's the next easiest way to fill the tranny if ya don't have a hand pump?

you could try a 2 liter bottle with a piece of hose and some tape to seal the hose to the bottle. then squeeze. or make a hole and stick some compressed air in there to squeeze for you :).

Gravity!
 

I usually feed a hose down from the top of the engine compartment, then put it in the fill hole. Attach your hose to the oil jug (mine have the little spout). I then hang the jug by some bundle wire and punch a hole in the bottom. Gravity does the rest.

cool thanks y'all I'll give it a try. I had a hose from the tip of the bottle and squeezing from there, then punched a hole in the bottom. but it wasn't going fast enough for me. I'll try those and see what happens.

does it help to heat the oil a lil to make it easier to flow?

This may be a little beyond the desires of most, but I built a system to do this for me. I put a screw-on end-cap on a piece of PVC piping, and then a solid end-cap on the other end. At the bottom, I tapped a hose fitting, and then at the top (screw-cap end), I tapped a line for my air compressor.

To fill the tranny, I add 3 quarts of oil in the screw-end, screw the cap on, take a plastic hose from the lower fitting to the tranny filler, and then flip on the air compressor. Tranny fills pretty quick, with no effort.


On a side note, gear lube is a LOT easier to handle after popping it in the microwave for 10 seconds.

hahahaha...Last time I filled my tranny I busted the barrel off a supersoaker...there's a lil rubber hose in there...

lmao ingenious makenzie wish I had one to use. lol

i just ran a hose from the fill hole up through my engine compartment to a funnel, then poured the fluid into the funnel and it went down the hose into the tranny ! :)

got a drill handy? i picked up a little pump for 15$ that is powered by a drill...pumps a litre in about 10 seconds without spilling a drop.

just get a hose that will fit on the gear lube bottles and feed it from the top of the engine bay gravity will take care of most then squeeze!.... btw whats up wolf...

supersoaker pwns all your methods!

I saw this on a site....a guy took the bottle it comes in and drilled a hole through the top and stuck a hose (and glued it) long enough to touch the bottom then at the top just before the neck, he drilled a hole large enough for a air compressor nozzle could fit in it...then he plugged in the comp...and begin pumping it into the tranny....just a caution dont go above 20-25 psi....the bottle will explode...leaving a mess...(to whom ever this idea belongs to....just state ur name...i saw it on a website forgetting whose it was)

I saw one of these fly apart. Gear lube in your hair seems to suck. Gravity is by far the easiest way...

That is aaron cake's website
http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/transfluid.htm

I once got a bunch of gear lube in my hair...then I went around and like headbutted four people before someone finally held me down and took the water hose to me...

Aww damnit...I got oil in my hair...hey John!*bonk...

well the way I have it set now, is I took a small hose and cut some of the tip off the bottle. I fed all but a little part of the hose THROUGH the tip and did something similar to rex4life does. I took a metal coat hanger and wrapped it around so that it hold the bottle up and punched a hole in the bottom. the oil moves slow but hey its movin. now I just gotta figure out how to do the same with the rear diff.

BTW Gabe, not too much dude. sucks being out in tx wish I back over with y'all. I may be takin a trip out that way sometime in the near future.

last time i pulled my tranny i forgot to drain the oil first, and got a couple quarts of oil on my garage floor, and my cat somehow got out in the garage, and decided it would be a good idea to roll around in the tranny fluid. needless to say, its a BITCH to give a cat 6 baths in 2 days. now i know how all those people felt washing those ducks and shit from the exxon valdez.

as for the tranny filling, i use the original tranny fluid bottles, run a hose from the tranny up through the shift box, and attach it to the nozzle on the bottle, turn the bottle upside down, and poke a hole in the bottle. gravity is great.

-Daniel

-Daniel

Beer bong method!!! OH YEAH!!! This is what I did two weeks ago. You got that TII running yet Cloead?

Haha maybe next year. Doubt it.


No, its stupid.

Dealer is even worse, long story.

Hi,

I'm bringing this thread back from the dead.. I recently installed a TurboII tranny and Diff in my Miata and I'm about ready for the fluids. The TurbII tranny looks to have 2 fill holes or square plug fittings on the side. Is there 2 chambers to fill or just one?

How many liters does this tranny hold?

Also, how many liters does the Diff hold? 1 - 1.5?

Thanks, Marc

The top hole is the fill plug, the lower hole is the overfill plug. The tranny and diff system hold abut 4 liters together(2.5 in the tranny, 1.4 in the diff) I think. I just buy 5 quarts and fill to overflow.

Steve

TII trannies have 2 fill and 2 drain plugs ;o)
Chambers are connected, but better check both fill plugs...

Use the hose technique but stick a small funnel on the upper end and pour the oil in. Thats all you really need. The hose I used was from a washing machine so it flowed pretty fast, but I think a length of garden hose would work too.